ferals

plural of feral

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for ferals
Noun
  • From a young age, I was captivated by animals, plants and fairytales.
    Kyle Roderick, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Watercolor and ink are his favorite tools, and nature — with its plants and animals — remains his main source of inspiration.
    Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The event will feature fun and creative stations with spiderweb paintings, bubble potions and live encounters with some of the museum’s resident critters.
    Virginia Brown, Charlotte Observer, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Whether birds or moths in the attic, a raccoon in the garage, or mice in the basement, critters aren't concerned with taking care of your belongings.
    Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Why not dogs or children or creatures from another planet?
    Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The fossils prove that small, fragile creatures existed in the Mesozoic era.
    Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • And, in Patagonia at the time, that was dinosaurs – from medium-sized herbivores to smaller carnivores – whose fossils have also been unearthed in the same rock layers.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Moreover, in every case, the ancestors were either insectivores or carnivores, with insect-eaters making the shift about three times more often than carnivores.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, ArsTechnica, 20 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The only terrestrial vertebrates that both lived near and are believed to have survived the Chicxulub Impact are night lizards.
    Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
  • First, there were vertebrates like us, but also birds and other mammals.
    Jonny Thomson, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Some are slow and heavy brutes that have tons of health while others are slightly but deal more damage.
    Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2025
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“Ferals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ferals. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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